Apparel corset



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2 D. KOPS APPAREL CORSET Filed Feb. 15, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ig. I

INVIENTO/t BY %Aim V5 June 12, 1923.

D. KOPS APPAREL CORSET 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 15

Patented June 12, 1923.

' U H 1 AIE PATENT OFFICE-5 1 nAnI'EL. xor's, or -I\JTEW .YORK, n. Yj,nssrenor'. TO KOPS BROTHERS, mo, or, NEW;

YORK, n; Y a conroaA'rIoN or new YORK.

APPAREL consnr.

Application filed February 15, 1922. Serial No. 536,648.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL'KOIS, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and JState of NewYork, have invented an Improvcment in Apparel Corsets, of which thefollowing is a specification. p This invention relates toan apparelcorset and more particularly to a garment so con structed as topermitthe body of the wearer to, present an uncorseted appearance inconformity with the style or ,fashion prevailing I atthepresent time.vThe invention more es- .pecially relates to a garment so constructed astoconform to-theabdominal section of the body of the wearer and at thesame time to permit the body to assume a naturalposition while;providing more or-;less support for the body. 1

' In carrying out the invention, the garment made in accordancetherewith is constructed without straps or. belts or other tension oradjusting devices. which heretofore have been more or less commonlyemployed, and the front portions of the garment are so shaped as toconform to the body of the wearer and are preferably provided withrelatively few stays, whilethe sides and back portions of the garmentare fitted with stays in the usual manner to both shape the garment andprovide support for the underlying portions of the body. In each frontportion of the garment there is also provided extending from the upperedge of the garment to a point approximately midway of the front steelswhereby-the necessary yielding effect is produced in the garment topermit the underlying portions of the body, of the wearer to assume anatural position and at the same time to be afforded more or lesssupport.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of acorset garment made'in accordance withmy pres ent invention, and

Fig. 2 is an elevation on an showing the front members the garment.

Referring particularly to the drawing the corset garment made inaccordance with this invention comprises front steel sections 10 and 11,the former of which is fitted with a series of spaced studs 12 and thelatter enlarged scale of one partof a yielding gore member preferablyV-shaped with a corresponding number of sockets 13.

forming clasps bywhich the frontedges of the garment are connected. foruse. The front steel sections also include depending extensionsindicated at 1 1 and 15 respective ly and below the endsof the frontsteels these extensions may be provided with a hook 16 for connectingthe oneto the other. Also as "illustrated, these depending exten sionsof the front steel members may be provided with series of eyelets 17 and18 through which a=lace 19 is threaded to further connect "and adjustthe lower or skirt portions of the garment to body of the wearer. V

. Each-front portion of thegarment comprises sections 20 and-21 ofrelatively great width, the former of which is conneoted to the frontsteel section, and thelatter to the :body ofthe garment, while'thesesections are connected to one another with an'intermediate stay pocket22 in which stay members 23 are inserted. These: front sections-20- andposition on the 21 are so shaped as tonmake the garment conform to thebody of the wearer without/the additional use of straps or adjusting orother tension devices.

In the upper'portion of the garment I employ a V-shaped gore member 24which is preferably made of yielding fabric or- 3 other similar andsuitable material. This V-shaped gore member 24 extends from the upperedge of the'garment to a reinforcing strip 25 at the upper edge'of thefront section 20, and at its forward edge is connected to the frontsteel section by a line of stitching 26 and at its opposite edge tothesta-y pocket 22 by a line of stitching 27. The front steel sectionalso extends an appreciab-le distance above the upper ends of the.

front steels as indicated at 28 and this upper extension may be providedwith suitable clasps 29 bywhichthe corresponding partof the other sideof the garment may be connected thereto.

The lowerportion of thegarment'forms a depending skirt as indicated at30 andthe garment may be fitted with suitable hose supporters 31 and 32,the former being connected to the end of the lower extension of thefront steel section and the latter to the lower edge of the garment atthe extremity of the stay pocket 22 or at the seam connecting thesections 21 and 22. In this form of gar- I ment I also provide tensionstraps 33 in the lower edge of the garment which are so placed therein.as to overlie the cut away sections Set at the lower side edges of theskirts. It will be noted from the drawing that in the front sections ofthe garment the customary stays are omitted, only one stay beingeniployed, while at the rear of the garment the usual number of stays01' supports are employed. Furthermore, this garment may be constructedin :halves as is customary in certain types of corset, or the back maybe closed :as is the case inother types of corset. In the use of thegarment it will now be apparent that when in place on the body of thewearer :the abdominal section will be permitted :to assume a naturalposition and at the same time more or'iless support will be affordedthereto and also to the busts, whereas the usual support is provided inthelsides vand back of'the garment.

1 claim as my invention:

1. In an apparel corset and in each front portion thereof, a front steelsection, a front steel therein, the front steel :section having anextension above the upper end of the front steel, and a V-shaped gore ofelastic fabric material .in the upper portion of the garment adjacentthe front steelsection and the upper 'extension thereof adapted .to-permit the underlying parts of the body to assume va natural positionand to be more :or less supported therein.

2. In an apparel corset and in each front :portion thereof, a frontsteelsection, :a front steel therein, the front steel section having anextension abovethe end ofthe front steel,

a front section secured to the front steel section, and a V-shaped goreof elastic material forming the upper end of the front section andsecured thereto and to the front steel section and .theupper extensionthereof to permit the underlying parts of the body of the wearer toassumea natural position and .to :be more-orless supported therein.

3. In an apparel corset-and ineach front portion thereof, a front steelsection, a front steel therein, the front steel section having anextension above the end of the front steel, a front section comprisingtwo relatirvely wide :members extending lengthwise of the garment, and a'V-shaped gore 'of' elastic fabric material formed in the upper part of'the member-of-the front section adjacent the front steel sectionattached there- DANIEL KOBS.

